Lossless audio lastly involves Spotify

After years of anticipation, the wait is lastly over. Spotify has added lossless audio support to its platform. The music streaming big first introduced plans for lossless audio with Spotify Hello-Fi back in 2021, saying it could arrive “later this 12 months.” Nevertheless, the launch was delayed, and it is solely now, 4 years later, that the characteristic has arrived.

Earlier this 12 months, leaks surfaced about Spotify engaged on lossless audio integration, sparking renewed hope that it could be launched quickly. It appears these rumors have been correct. In a current blog post, Spotify confirmed that lossless audio assist is out there now, and the most effective half is that it isn’t tied to a higher-tier or costlier Premium membership, as leaks as soon as thought, you simply want common Spotify Premium. For those who’re unfamiliar with lossless audio, it is a higher-quality audio format that preserves all the unique sound information, not like MP3, which discards some particulars throughout compression. This implies lossless audio provides extra correct and detailed sound.

Spotify now provides lossless audio assist to all Premium members within the US, Australia, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, and the UK. An extra 50 international locations will begin getting it in October. Whenever you acquire entry to the characteristic, you will obtain a notification from the app.

“We have taken time to construct this characteristic in a means that prioritizes high quality, ease of use, and readability at each step, so that you at all times know what’s occurring beneath the hood,” mentioned Gustav Gyllenhammar, VP of subscriptions at Spotify. “With Lossless, our premium customers will now have a good higher listening expertise.”

How you can hearken to lossless audio on Spotify

You will discover it in Settings beneath Media High quality

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Spotify’s lossless audio integration is out there on cell units, desktops, tablets, and units that assist Spotify Join, together with audio system and headphones from Sony, Boss, Samsung, and Sennheiser. Assist for added units, together with these from Amazon and Sonos, is coming in October.

To stream lossless high quality, you will want a Spotify Premium subscription, which prices $12 a month. For the most effective listening expertise with lossless audio, Spotify recommends utilizing wired headphones or audio system on a non-Bluetooth connection, equivalent to with Spotify Join. Bluetooth audio units lack sufficient bandwidth to transmit lossless audio, so listening by means of them will lead to compression, which will not sound nearly as good as a wired connection.

With all that in thoughts, this is how you can allow lossless audio step-by-step on the Spotify app:

1. Within the top-left nook of the Spotify app, faucet your profile icon.

2. Choose Settings and Privateness.

3. Select Media High quality.

4. Swap to Lossless high quality.

5. Choose your most well-liked streaming strategies for lossless, with choices for listening over Wi-Fi, mobile, and downloaded tracks.

Whenever you’re listening to a monitor with lossless audio, you can inform as there’s a lossless audio indicator within the Now Enjoying bar, and if you go to pick a tool for Spotify Join through the Join Picker.

One caveat value noting about Spotify’s lossless audio integration is that it at the moment caps at 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC. Compared, Apple Music provides 24-bit / 192 KHz FLAC. Although, in all equity, until you are an audiophile with the most effective audio gear, it’s going to probably be arduous to inform the distinction.

Lossless audio assist remains to be rolling out, so when you do not see it, make sure that your Spotify is up-to-date by visiting the App Retailer or Google Play Retailer. For those who’re within the US or any of the international locations it is already obtainable in, it’s best to see it very quickly, and you will be notified when it turns into obtainable.

It has been a very long time coming, however I am excited that Spotify has lastly launched lossless audio. As a Premium member for over a decade, I’ve constructed my music library and tastes on Spotify, so having the ability to hearken to the whole lot in larger high quality with out paying further is, merely put, implausible. Lossless audio assist is out there to Spotify Premium members within the US, Australia, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, and the UK. With 50 extra international locations anticipated to obtain it in October.